Southern Spectacle

Southern Spectacle

The first cetacean we came across today was not black and white (Orca) but in fact the largest member of the toothed whale family, a Sperm Whale. This beast logged on the surface before raising his tail high and plunging to the depths to battle for food. This unique...
REAL OR FALSE KILLERS

REAL OR FALSE KILLERS

The action began today before we had even dropped off the continental shelf. A large mass of birds gliding above the water’s surface gave away the location of a very big pod of what seemed to be dolphins or small whales! A bird swirl with a few hundred pelagic birds,...
CETACEAN MAGNET

CETACEAN MAGNET

Cookie and El Notcho’s pod, who have been in the canyon right from the beginning of the season made an appearance first thing today as we ventured into the hotspot and after many relaxed close passes around all sides of the boat they had most certainly captured our...
KILLER WHALES EVERYWHERE

KILLER WHALES EVERYWHERE

Well what started as an overcast day in the harbour certainly did not stay that way out in the canyon!A pod of Striped dolphins bouncing and porpoising playing in our bow wave were the teaser for the day as we dropped off the continental shelf with the sun beaming...
Doppelgängers!!!

Doppelgängers!!!

With our free return customers from yesterday’s no orca tour it was easy to say anticipation was high all the way out to the canyon! As we dropped over the shelf every minute felt like an hour! With no sign of orca at the hotspot we headed west, moments later the call...
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!

After yesterday’s amazing predation in the east, we decided to venture west for the day and it did not disappoint! We started searching 54km offshore at one of our favourite little nooks in the canyon. As soon as we crept over the continental shelf we sighted orca,...